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Any plan to open clinics on reservations would be fraught with legal, financial, and political hurdles, Indigenous abortion advocates said. And they wondered why many people now asking about the possibility didn’t seem interested in health care access there before abortion rights were threatened nationwide.

Episode 69 of Elevation is a wrap! Let’s talk about what happened.

Rachael Lorenzo started hearing the questions several weeks ago from strangers on Twitter and reporters seeking interviews: Since Native American tribes are sovereign nations, with their own laws, could they offer abortion services on Native land within states that may soon outlaw abortion? And would they?

Rachael Lorenzo started hearing the questions several weeks ago from strangers on Twitter and reporters seeking interviews: Since Native American tribes are sovereign nations, with their own laws, could they offer abortion services on Native land within states that may soon outlaw abortion?

The speculation began last month, after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggested the court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion nationwide. Indigenous abortion rights advocates say the questions have mostly come from non-Native people: “All of a sudden, this issue that’s going to impact white women too — or impact white women more broadly — now we’re being seen as the potential savior."

Using sovereignty to bypass state restrictions if Roe v. Wade falls is an idea largely proposed by non-Native groups.

Ian Hamilton checks in for wXw’s Broken Rules from Oberhausen, featuring Jonathan Gresham taking on Robert Dreissker in a rematch from 16 Carat Gold.

Pro-choice advocates say overturning Roe v. Wade would place greater strain and hardship on Native American women in South Dakota

Hall's AEW Double Or Nothing 2022 Review

Scott Slimmer checks in with his review of AEW Double or Nothing.